Each bite of food contains the life of the sun and the earth. The whole universe is in a piece of bread. —Thich Nhat Hanh
Now that we have a granny living with us, the dog has adopted her as his best companion person. Both of them like to sit around a lot, and both enjoy someone warm to cuddle up next to. It's a good thing all around, so it is worth encouraging. The key is to have the granny feed the dog, thus establishing said granny as a human with benefits.
This particular granny is so old that when she was a child, kids were heavily outranked by everyone. They were treated like little devils who needed to be trained and punished so they would grow up into good adult citizens.
One day Granny does not like what was for breakfast, and does not care to finish eating her food. But she remembered being a little child who was punished for not "cleaning her plate".
Granny begins to cry! When we find out why, we tell her everyone eats as much or as little as they like here. Besides, the food left over from what she did not want is by definition the doggy's food. She can't eat that. That would be stealing!
What a relief! That fixed it. Doggy and granny have been the best of friends ever since.
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